The shortest summary of A Random Walk Down Wall Street: TLDR: “Market prices are so efficient that normal investors are better off buying and holding index funds than attempting to buy and sell individual stocks or actively managed funds.” A somewhat longer summary: A random walk is accepting that Read more…
Is day trading your dream job? A study from the University of San Paulo Brazil by Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso, and Bruno Giovannettisays that the vast majority of day traders lose money in the equity markets. Some of the most popular finance websites out there promote the idea that day trading Read more…
Most investors tend to exhibit certain trends when they invest and one of the most observable ones is home country bias. Home country bias is when an investor is over exposed to domestic equities in their investment portfolios. Let’s look at how this happens, the pros, cons, and how to Read more…
These are a many investment and financial services out there. This is a list of various products we use and endorse. Further, we’ll make notes on ones we have heard of which have high reviews and good products as well. Is there a service here that you love but don’t Read more…
Across this website, I’ve urged people to use diversification in their asset allocations, explained why diversification is a free lunch, and why you should have international diversification. But fortunately, there’s a few really easy ways to get all the diversification you could need in your investment portfolio as there’s a Read more…
Many American based investors have a common belief that investing in American stocks gives them enough world diversification because American companies do business overseas. Or even worse, they are using recency bias as an excuse to not invest directly in international stocks – because the American stock market has outperformed Read more…
Sometimes when we make investment decisions, we think we should try and predict the future. We want the best stock returns for a variety of reasons from things like retiring early or using the funds to purchase a new car. And if we are trying to predict the future, we’ll Read more…
In preparing for your financial future there are many things that can impact it, from the job you choose, to how much you save every month, how much debt you choose to take on, and how you manage your credit. However, one thing I’ve noticed is too few people understand Read more…
Building credit and using credit cards is an important long-term goal most Americans should have. Building credit allows individuals to get better deals on interest rates for loans – like car loans, mortgages, and personal loans. However, the average American uses far too much credit card debt. Last year the Read more…
Asset allocation is perhaps one of the most important concepts investors and financially savvy people can know. You should be asking yourself, two questions. One, how old you are? Two, what your risk tolerance is? And you should be asking yourself these questions when you first create a portfolio for Read more…